Hollow Sight by author Kristie Pierces

Wednesday

Mar 6, 2013 at 1:30 PMMar 6, 2013 at 1:30 PM

Christy Hart-Harrischarris@thedailyreporter.com

Quincy- Quincy resident, Kristie Pierce self published "Hollow Sight" in November 2012. The Quincy High School and Kellogg Community College graduate engaged in the idea of writing a novel in 2009."When my son was a baby he was awake a lot at night and that meant I was up too. It started out as just an idea in my head and then I started writing down my ideas," said Pierce.During the writing process, Pierce sent chapter-by-chapter to a close friend."She encouraged me to finish the book and publish it," said Pierce. "It took me three years but I knew in my heart it was a good story," she added.The novel, a fictional young adult fantasy, is what some may call a ghost story."There's love, a little bit of action and suspense," said Pierce.With publishing companies becoming a thing of the past, self-publishing has soared unknown writers to the top."I researched how to self-publish. I wasn't sure how to do it," said Pierce. "I contacted Jessica Park on Twitter and she kind of took me under her wing helping me through the process. She self published a book and now it's on the New York Times best seller's list," she added.Set in a town similar to Quincy, the main female character has visions of spirits that she has tried to ignore throughout her life. It becomes increasingly difficult to suppress these visions when the England native male character comes to town."Let's just say his past begins to collide with her abilities and she's forced to face what she can do--to accept it in order to save his life," Pierce said.Pierce began writing the novel at night after her children went to sleep and found herself still engulfed in the pages well into the early morning hours."At first I wrote at night, then I started writing during the day. Whenever I had spare time, even if it was only for 20 minutes," said Pierce.With writer's block being an all too common occurrence, Pierce would listen to music while she wrote."I like all kinds of music so it really depended on my mood or what mood I should be in to write certain parts of the story. I want the story to connect with readers--to feel what the characters are feeling--and music helped the words flow," Pierce said.The 480 page novel can be purchased as an e-book on the Kindle or Nook and is also available in paperback through Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Pierce."I'm working on having the book available through I-Books," said Pierce.One review on Barnes & Noble webiste said, "Left me wanting more! The detail cut a crystal clear picture of the lives of these charecters and I can't wait to see what the next installment holds in store for them. The never dull story line kept my attention from page one. Kudos to this new author, very much looking forward to her next piece of work!"Pierce is currently working on the sequel to "Hollow Sight". She said, "I hope to have it out by fall of 2014."For more information visit the Facebook page, dedicated to the novel, titled Author Kristie Pierce.